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Thomas Cole National Historic Site Act

Public Law 106-146 · H.R. 658 · 106th Congress · began in the House

Signed by Bill Clinton (D) on Dec 9, 1999 · Commemorations

Sponsor: Rep. John Sweeney (R-NY-22)

Cosponsors: None

Passage votesYeaNay

HouseRecorded vote: 396 yea, 6 nay396–6
SenateUnanimous consent

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Summary

The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.

Thomas Cole National Historic Site Act - Establishes the Thomas Cole National Historic Site in New York State as an affiliated area of the National Park System.

Provides that the Greene County Historical Society of Greene County, New York, shall continue to own, administer, manage, and operate the Site.

Directs the Society to administer the Site in accordance with this Act and all laws generally applicable to units of the National Park System.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior: (1) to enter into cooperative agreements with the Society to preserve the Thomas Cole House and other structures in the historic site and to assist with education programs and research and interpretation of the Thomas Cole House and associated landscapes; and (2) for further purposes of this Act, to enter into cooperative agreements with the State of New York, the Society, the Thomas Cole Foundation, and other public and private entities to facilitate public understanding and enjoyment of the lives and works of the Hudson River artists through the provision of assistance to develop, present, and fund art exhibits, resident artist programs, and other appropriate activities related to the preservation, interpretation, and use of the historic site.

Authorizes the Secretary to acquire personal property associated with, and appropriate for, the interpretation of the historic site.

Directs the Secretary, with the cooperation of the Society, to develop and submit to specified congressional committees a general management plan for the Site, including recommendations for regional wayside exhibits.

Authorizes appropriations.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 106th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 396 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

396 yea6 nay32 present or did not vote

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Democrats who voted yea(198)

Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-13
Rep. Jim McDermottD-WA-7
Rep. Maxine WatersD-CA-35
Rep. Bob FilnerD-CA-50
Rep. John ConyersD-MI-14
Rep. Barbara LeeD-CA-9
Rep. George MillerD-CA-7
Rep. Jesse JacksonD-IL-2
Rep. Donald PayneD-NJ-10
Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8
Rep. Peter DeFazioD-OR-4
Rep. Michael CapuanoD-MA-8
Rep. Dennis KucinichD-OH-10
Rep. Earl HilliardD-AL-7
Rep. Martin SaboD-MN-5
Rep. John LewisD-GA-5
Rep. Ed MarkeyD-MA-7
Rep. John OlverD-MA-1
Rep. Maurice HincheyD-NY-26
Rep. Major OwensD-NY-11
Rep. Cynthia McKinneyD-GA-4
Rep. Jerrold NadlerD-NY-8
Rep. Bruce VentoD-MN-4
Rep. Bennie ThompsonD-MS-2
Rep. Danny DavisD-IL-7
Rep. Nydia VelázquezD-NY-12
Rep. Bernie SandersD-VT
Rep. Jan SchakowskyD-IL-9
Rep. Jim McGovernD-MA-3
Rep. Luis GutiérrezD-IL-4
Rep. Chaka FattahD-PA-2
Rep. John TierneyD-MA-6
Rep. Tammy BaldwinD-WI-2
Rep. Stephanie JonesD-OH-11
Rep. Louise SlaughterD-NY-28
Rep. Sherrod BrownD-OH-13
Rep. Lynn WoolseyD-CA-6
Rep. Barney FrankD-MA-4
Rep. Peter ViscloskyD-IN-1
Rep. David BoniorD-MI-10
Rep. Bobby RushD-IL-1
Rep. Ed TownsD-NY-10
Rep. Gregory MeeksD-NY-6
Rep. Robert BradyD-PA-1
Rep. Jim ClyburnD-SC-6
Rep. Nancy PelosiD-CA-8
Rep. Carolyn KilpatrickD-MI-15
Rep. Mel WattD-NC-12
Rep. Henry WaxmanD-CA-29
Rep. William CoyneD-PA-14
Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7
Rep. Carrie MeekD-FL-17
Rep. Lucille Roybal-AllardD-CA-33
Rep. Eddie JohnsonD-TX-30
Rep. Xavier BecerraD-CA-30
Rep. Bart StupakD-MI-1
Rep. Bill DelahuntD-MA-10
Rep. Frank PalloneD-NJ-6
Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-15
Rep. Tom UdallD-NM-3
Rep. Bobby ScottD-VA-3
Rep. Thomas BarrettD-WI-5
Rep. Elijah CummingsD-MD-7
Rep. Robert BorskiD-PA-3
Rep. Sheila Jackson LeeD-TX-18
Rep. Gary AckermanD-NY-5
Rep. Lane EvansD-IL-17
Rep. Mark UdallD-CO-2
Rep. Diana DeGetteD-CO-1
Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonaldD-CA-37
Rep. Eva ClaytonD-NC-1
Rep. Patrick KennedyD-RI-1
Rep. Sam FarrD-CA-17
Rep. Patsy MinkD-HI-2
Rep. John DingellD-MI-16
Rep. Eliot EngelD-NY-17
Rep. Sam GejdensonD-CT-2
Rep. Anthony WeinerD-NY-9
Rep. Lloyd DoggettD-TX-10
Rep. Rosa DeLauroD-CT-3
Rep. Julian DixonD-CA-32
Rep. Joe CrowleyD-NY-7
Rep. Marty MeehanD-MA-5
Rep. Howard BermanD-CA-26
Rep. Brian BairdD-WA-3
Rep. Nita LoweyD-NY-18
Rep. Ed PastorD-AZ-2
Rep. Michael McNultyD-NY-21
Rep. Tom AllenD-ME-1
Rep. Zoe LofgrenD-CA-16
Rep. Mike ThompsonD-CA-1
Rep. Lynn RiversD-MI-13
Rep. Thomas SawyerD-OH-14
Rep. Earl BlumenauerD-OR-3
Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-29
Rep. Harold FordD-TN-9
Rep. Robert MatsuiD-CA-5
Rep. Ted StricklandD-OH-6
Rep. Albert WynnD-MD-4
Rep. Anna EshooD-CA-14
Rep. Karen McCarthyD-MO-5
Rep. Grace NapolitanoD-CA-34
Rep. Sander LevinD-MI-12
Rep. Charlie GonzalezD-TX-20
Rep. William LutherD-MN-6
Rep. Rush HoltD-NJ-12
Rep. Robert WexlerD-FL-19
Rep. John LarsonD-CT-1
Rep. Jerry CostelloD-IL-12
Rep. Carolyn MaloneyD-NY-14
Rep. Ron KlinkD-PA-4
Rep. Bob MenendezD-NJ-13
Rep. Loretta SanchezD-CA-46
Rep. Marcy KapturD-OH-9
Rep. Ciro RodriguezD-TX-28
Rep. Steny HoyerD-MD-5
Rep. Karen ThurmanD-FL-5
Rep. Steven RothmanD-NJ-9
Rep. Benjamin CardinD-MD-3
Rep. Darlene HooleyD-OR-5
Rep. John BaldacciD-ME-2
Rep. Neil AbercrombieD-HI-1
Rep. Brad ShermanD-CA-24
Rep. Dale KildeeD-MI-9
Rep. Joseph HoeffelD-PA-13
Rep. Rubén HinojosaD-TX-15
Rep. Jerry KleczkaD-WI-4
Rep. Peter DeutschD-FL-20
Rep. Rob AndrewsD-NJ-1
Rep. Robert WeygandD-RI-2
Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-6
Rep. Paul KanjorskiD-PA-11
Rep. Martin FrostD-TX-24
Rep. Rod BlagojevichD-IL-5
Rep. David PriceD-NC-4
Rep. David MingeD-MN-2
Rep. Bill PascrellD-NJ-8
Rep. Lois CappsD-CA-22
Rep. Gene GreenD-TX-29
Rep. Earl PomeroyD-ND
Rep. Ken BentsenD-TX-25
Rep. Nick RahallD-WV-3
Rep. Silvestre ReyesD-TX-16
Rep. Nick LampsonD-TX-9
Rep. Jay InsleeD-WA-1
Rep. Chet EdwardsD-TX-11
Rep. Vic SnyderD-AR-2
Rep. Ron KindD-WI-3
Rep. Debbie StabenowD-MI-8
Rep. Carolyn McCarthyD-NY-4
Rep. John SprattD-SC-5
Rep. Ellen TauscherD-CA-10
Rep. Shelley BerkleyD-NV-1
Rep. Bob EtheridgeD-NC-2
Rep. Jim DavisD-FL-11
Rep. Tony HallD-OH-3
Rep. Frank MascaraD-PA-20
Rep. Jim MoranD-VA-8
Rep. James MaloneyD-CT-5
Rep. Michael DoyleD-PA-18
Rep. Baron HillD-IN-9
Rep. David PhelpsD-IL-19
Rep. Solomon OrtizD-TX-27
Rep. Robert WiseD-WV-2
Rep. Dennis MooreD-KS-3
Rep. Max SandlinD-TX-1
Rep. Rick BoucherD-VA-9
Rep. Adam SmithD-WA-9
Rep. Robert ClementD-TN-5
Rep. Tim HoldenD-PA-6
Rep. Marion BerryD-AR-1
Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12
Rep. Owen PickettD-VA-2
Rep. William LipinskiD-IL-3
Rep. Alan MollohanD-WV-1
Rep. Jim TurnerD-TX-2
Rep. Sanford BishopD-GA-2
Rep. Bart GordonD-TN-6
Rep. Leonard BoswellD-IA-3
Rep. John TannerD-TN-8
Rep. Allen BoydD-FL-2
Rep. Ike SkeltonD-MO-4
Rep. Michael ForbesR-NY-1
Rep. Pat DannerD-MO-6
Rep. Gary ConditD-CA-18
Rep. Timothy RoemerD-IN-3
Rep. Collin PetersonD-MN-7
Rep. Norman SisiskyD-VA-4
Rep. Chris JohnD-LA-7
Rep. Bud CramerD-AL-5
Rep. Mike McIntyreD-NC-7
Rep. Charlie StenholmD-TX-17
Rep. Gene TaylorD-MS-5
Rep. Ronnie ShowsD-MS-4
Rep. Ken LucasD-KY-4
Rep. James TraficantD-OH-17
Rep. Ralph HallD-TX-4
Rep. Virgil GoodeD-VA-5

Republicans who voted yea(198)

Rep. Constance MorellaR-MD-8
Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-20
Rep. Sherry BoehlertR-NY-23
Rep. Jack QuinnR-NY-30
Rep. Stephen HornR-CA-38
Rep. Chris SmithR-NJ-4
Rep. Greg GanskeR-IA-4
Rep. Jim LeachR-IA-1
Rep. Nancy JohnsonR-CT-6
Rep. Pete KingR-NY-3
Rep. Amo HoughtonR-NY-31
Rep. Jim WalshR-NY-25
Rep. Rodney FrelinghuysenR-NJ-11
Rep. Jim SaxtonR-NJ-3
Rep. Wayne GilchrestR-MD-1
Rep. Sue KellyR-NY-19
Rep. John McHughR-NY-24
Rep. Jim GreenwoodR-PA-8
Rep. Steven LaTouretteR-OH-19
Rep. Steven KuykendallR-CA-36
Rep. Rick LazioR-NY-2
Rep. Frank LoBiondoR-NJ-2
Rep. Michael CastleR-DE
Rep. Curt WeldonR-PA-7
Rep. Lincoln Diaz-BalartR-FL-21
Rep. Heather WilsonR-NM-1
Rep. Frank WolfR-VA-10
Rep. Christopher ShaysR-CT-4
Rep. Elton GalleglyR-CA-23
Rep. Doug BereuterR-NE-1
Rep. Mark FoleyR-FL-16
Rep. Phil EnglishR-PA-21
Rep. Jerry LewisR-CA-40
Rep. John CookseyR-LA-5
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16
Rep. Bob FranksR-NJ-7
Rep. Bob NeyR-OH-18
Rep. Don SherwoodR-PA-10
Rep. Marge RoukemaR-NJ-5
Rep. Doug OseR-CA-3
Rep. Paul GillmorR-OH-5
Rep. Tom DavisR-VA-11
Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-10
Rep. Jo Ann EmersonR-MO-8
Rep. John SweeneyR-NY-22
Rep. H. CallahanR-AL-1
Rep. Fred UptonR-MI-6
Rep. Ray LaHoodR-IL-18
Rep. Don YoungR-AK
Rep. Ernie FletcherR-KY-6
Rep. Mary Bono MackR-CA-44
Rep. Johnny IsaksonR-GA-6
Rep. Dave HobsonR-OH-7
Rep. Michael BilirakisR-FL-9
Rep. Joseph SkeenR-NM-2
Rep. Spencer BachusR-AL-6
Rep. Herbert BatemanR-VA-1
Rep. Brian BilbrayR-CA-49
Rep. Ed WhitfieldR-KY-1
Rep. Thomas ReynoldsR-NY-27
Rep. Hal RogersR-KY-5
Rep. Bill McCollumR-FL-8
Rep. Anne NorthupR-KY-3
Rep. Henry HydeR-IL-6
Rep. Tom CampbellR-CA-15
Rep. Judy BiggertR-IL-13
Rep. Jim KolbeR-AZ-5
Rep. John ThuneR-SD
Rep. Ken CalvertR-CA-43
Rep. Joe KnollenbergR-MI-11
Rep. George GekasR-PA-17
Rep. Billy TauzinR-LA-3
Rep. Vernon EhlersR-MI-3
Rep. Jim TalentR-MO-2
Rep. Bill BarrettR-NE-3
Rep. John ShimkusR-IL-20
Rep. Charlie BassR-NH-2
Rep. Dave CampR-MI-4
Rep. Kay GrangerR-TX-12
Rep. John PetersonR-PA-5
Rep. Tillie FowlerR-FL-4
Rep. Richard BakerR-LA-6
Rep. Jerry WellerR-IL-11
Rep. Saxby ChamblissR-GA-8
Rep. Matthew MartínezD-CA-31
Rep. Bill ThomasR-CA-21
Rep. Frank LucasR-OK-6
Rep. Bill JenkinsR-TN-1
Rep. Buck McKeonR-CA-25
Rep. Wes WatkinsR-OK-3
Rep. Charles CanadyR-FL-12
Rep. Robin HayesR-NC-8
Rep. Thomas EwingR-IL-15
Rep. Floyd SpenceR-SC-2
Rep. George NethercuttR-WA-5
Rep. Jay DickeyR-AR-4
Rep. Greg WaldenR-OR-2
Rep. Ron PackardR-CA-48
Rep. Robert AderholtR-AL-4
Rep. Jim NussleR-IA-2
Rep. Jennifer DunnR-WA-8
Rep. Mike SimpsonR-ID-2
Rep. Asa HutchinsonR-AR-3
Rep. Henry BonillaR-TX-23
Rep. Ron LewisR-KY-2
Rep. David VitterR-LA-1
Rep. Merrill CookR-UT-2
Rep. Chip PickeringR-MS-3
Rep. Robert EhrlichR-MD-2
Rep. Tom LathamR-IA-5
Rep. Michael OxleyR-OH-4
Rep. Rob PortmanR-OH-2
Rep. Richard BurrR-NC-5
Rep. David DreierR-CA-28
Rep. Lamar SmithR-TX-21
Rep. Vito FossellaR-NY-13
Rep. Nathan DealR-GA-9
Rep. John MicaR-FL-7
Rep. Duke CunninghamR-CA-51
Rep. William GoodlingR-PA-19
Rep. Jerry MoranR-KS-1
Rep. Porter GossR-FL-14
Rep. Charlie NorwoodR-GA-10
Rep. Ed BryantR-TN-7
Rep. Steve BuyerR-IN-5
Rep. J.C. WattsR-OK-4
Rep. Duncan HunterR-CA-52
Rep. Edward PeaseR-IN-7
Rep. Cass BallengerR-NC-10
Rep. Bob RileyR-AL-3
Rep. Jim GibbonsR-NV-2
Rep. Roy BluntR-MO-7
Rep. Terry EverettR-AL-2
Rep. Mark GreenR-WI-8
Rep. Dave WeldonR-FL-15
Rep. Scott McInnisR-CO-3
Rep. Doc HastingsR-WA-4
Rep. Jack MetcalfR-WA-2
Rep. Mark SouderR-IN-4
Rep. Larry CombestR-TX-19
Rep. John BoehnerR-OH-8
Rep. Lee TerryR-NE-2
Rep. Mac ThornberryR-TX-13
Rep. Zach WampR-TN-3
Rep. Rick HillR-MT
Rep. Kevin BradyR-TX-8
Rep. George RadanovichR-CA-19
Rep. Dan MillerR-FL-13
Rep. Lindsey GrahamR-SC-3
Rep. Nick SmithR-MI-7
Rep. Jim RamstadR-MN-3
Rep. Bob GoodlatteR-VA-6
Rep. Ernest IstookR-OK-5
Rep. Barbara CubinR-WY
Rep. Tom PetriR-WI-6
Rep. Roscoe BartlettR-MD-6
Rep. Paul RyanR-WI-1
Rep. Gary MillerR-CA-41
Rep. John KasichR-OH-12
Rep. Sue MyrickR-NC-9
Rep. John LinderR-GA-11
Rep. Joseph PittsR-PA-16
Rep. Richard ArmeyR-TX-26
Rep. Van HillearyR-TN-4
Rep. Walter JonesR-NC-3
Rep. Todd TiahrtR-KS-4
Rep. Mac CollinsR-GA-3
Rep. Pete SessionsR-TX-5
Rep. Jim RyunR-KS-2
Rep. Joe BartonR-TX-6
Rep. Dan BurtonR-IN-6
Rep. Pete HoekstraR-MI-2
Rep. Gil GutknechtR-MN-1
Rep. Richard PomboR-CA-11
Rep. Robert StumpR-AZ-3
Rep. Tom DeLayR-TX-22
Rep. J.D. HayworthR-AZ-6
Rep. Christopher CoxR-CA-47
Rep. Cliff StearnsR-FL-6
Rep. Jimmy DuncanR-TN-2
Rep. Wally HergerR-CA-2
Rep. Bill ArcherR-TX-7
Rep. Chris CannonR-UT-3
Rep. John DoolittleR-CA-4
Rep. John SununuR-NH-1
Rep. Pat ToomeyR-PA-15
Rep. Bob BarrR-GA-7
Rep. Matt SalmonR-AZ-1
Rep. Jim DeMintR-SC-4
Rep. Steve ChabotR-OH-1
Rep. Tom TancredoR-CO-6
Rep. Joel HefleyR-CO-5
Rep. Phil CraneR-IL-8
Rep. John ShadeggR-AZ-4
Rep. Dana RohrabacherR-CA-45
Rep. John HostettlerR-IN-8
Rep. Bob SchafferR-CO-4
Rep. Thomas CoburnR-OK-2

Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 404 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.

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Committees

The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.

Natural Resources Committee · House · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Federal Lands Subcommittee

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 15 actions.

Dec 9, 1999Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 106-146.
Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
Nov 30, 1999PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
Nov 19, 1999FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Sep 13, 1999FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by recorded vote (2/3 required): 396 - 6 (Roll no. 406).House roll call 406
FloorFloor · At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Sherwood objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
FloorFloor · Mr. Sherwood moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
May 13, 1999CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Natural Resources Committee
Apr 28, 1999CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Natural Resources Committee
Mar 18, 1999CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Federal Lands Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Federal Lands Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
Feb 18, 1999CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Federal Lands Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
Feb 9, 1999CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Natural Resources Committee
IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House

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Official record

The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.